ESPN Is Keeping It Surreal, Son. How Surreal? Surreal Real, Son!

Bob Ley is one of the more respected sports journalists on television. He has won eight Sports Emmy Awards. He is an original SportsCenter anchor and while he remains with ESPN, he’s not looking for his next pounded-into-your-skull catchphrase, unlike most of his co-workers.

But who knew Bob Ley could spit so much hot fiya?!

This … whatever this is … stems from DeShawn Stevenson’s most recent shots at LeBron James, saying he “checked out” in Game 4. And of course, this harkens back to a time when Stevenson and James got into another little feud, which ended up with Jay-Z getting involved and writing those lyrics you just heard eloquently repeated by Ley, aimed at Stevenson.

I watched this live on “Outside The Lines” with my mouth agape. My only conclusion is this: Endless and exhausted coverage of LeBron’s failures is clearly putting ESPN’s most esteemed talent closer and closer to the insane asylum.